Endorsements

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The Sierra Club is now the nation's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization -- with three million members and supporters. Our successes range from protecting millions of acres of wilderness to helping pass the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act.

Our vision is a government that reflects the people it serves, and decision makers who genuinely and enthusiastically fight for greater opportunity and better lives for the Americans they represent.

The North Carolina Association of Educators is the ONE VOICE of educators and public school employees in the state. We provide that voice in our advocacy for our profession, our protection of your in the classroom or work site and by helping every member enhance their skills. NCAE listens to you and then speaks with ONE VOICE for you.

Making a difference in public education; improving and strengthening our profession through collective actions. Uniting educators in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

The NC League of Conservation Voters advocates for stronger environmental protections at the NC General Assembly.

Equality NC is dedicated to securing equal rights and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) North Carolinians.

The Charlotte Observer is a newspaper serving Charlotte and its metro area. It has the largest circulation in North Carolina and South Carolina. It is owned by The McClatchy Company. The local Editorial Board makes researches candidates and topics and endorsements.

The Black Political Caucus (BPC) of Charlotte-Mecklenburg will promote and enhance the power and welfare of the Black community through advocacy and education and a consistent voice in matters of education; economics; cultural, social, civic welfare; and political activity within Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

SEANC is committed to protecting and enhancing the rights and benefits of current, retired and future state employees.

NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.

Everytown is a movement of Americans working together to end gun violence and build safer communities. Gun violence touches every town in America. For too long, change has been thwarted by the Washington gun lobby and by leaders who refuse to take common-sense steps that will save lives.

NARAL is a statewide organization that works exclusively to protect and advance the reproductive rights of all North Carolinians. We advocate for rights to and support of whatever reproductive health care decisions people make for themselves, including preventing unplanned pregnancy, terminating a pregnancy, and carrying a pregnancy safely to term.

NOW is in its fourth decade as the largest feminist organization in the world. Its multipronged agenda for the twenty-first century is to build strong coalitions and to combat the regressive forces of the Right.

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America was created to demand action from legislators, state and federal; companies; and educational institutions to establish common-sense gun reforms.

Lillian’s List recruits, trains and supports progressive women, who are champions of reproductive freedom and equity for women, to run for public office in North Carolina.

MeckPAC works to mobilize the LGBT community and its many allies in Mecklenburg to vote and participate in city/county elections, to educate city/county elected officials about issues of importance to the LGBT community, and to hold city/county elected officials accountable for their votes on such issues.

Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.

Our mission is building and empowering a broad coalition of grassroots organizers to elect the New American Majority, people of color and white progressives, to fight for inclusive populism at all levels of office in all 50 states.